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Favorite Poems this Poetry Month

We made it to April, a month of mostly warmer weather, spring break, and National Poetry Month! CSN Libraries typically celebrates with a display of poetry books inside each campus library. But just because the physical libraries are closed doesn’t mean we can’t celebrate online. In fact, in times of upheaval, poetry can be a…

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Open Educational Resources: Available Now

Faculty: Are you struggling to find online sources that your students can get immediate access to? With the current situation that higher education is in, open educational resources (OER) are more important than ever before. While our library staff at CSN are busy scanning chapters of textbooks and sending them to students who need to…

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Guide to Free Academic Resources During COVID-19

Although our print collections are not available right now on campus, you can easily access ebooks, articles, and videos through our library website. During the COVID-19 crisis, our database vendors and publishers are offering even more resources and allowing more patrons to view them at the same time. It seems everyone is stepping up to…

Library Events: What’s Postponed or Cancelled

Hello everyone! We just wanted to let you all know that your friendly neighborhood librarians are still here to help you in any way that we can. You can always use the orange “Ask Us” button on our website, email us at library@csn.libanswers.com, or text us at (702) 757-6755. We have a few events that…

Find Pro/Con Resources Fast!

Whether you’re working on an argumentative research paper or a persuasive speech, CSN Libraries have three databases that will provide credible information on both sides of your issue: CQ Researcher provides in-depth reports on current and controversial issues with overviews, background information, pro/con essays and more. Issues and Controversies on File offers objective, detailed information on hotly…

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Library Instruction in Your Virtual Classroom

Welcome to the exciting world of virtual teaching, CSN instructors and professors! If your course includes a research or critical thinking component requiring the use of information, we are still capable of providing library instruction to your students for the remainder of the semester! While we are no longer providing in-person instruction, our librarians are…

Online Reference & Research Help Everyday!

Need help with a research assignment? Wondering how you might read some pages assigned in a textbook? Maybe you need help citing sources? Our CSN Libraries have several ways to help you while our campus libraries are closed: Questions? Ask Us! Use this page to instantly chat with a CSN librarian or, if you prefer,…

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Meet CSN’s Part-time Librarians

CSN has several librarians who work at our reference desks part-time. You might have seen them in the evening or on the weekends. Some of our part-time (adjunct) librarians also work at the public libraries, so you might recognize them from those libraries too. Over the next several weeks, we’ll be highlighting some of our…